The ‘Cigûeña’ edition of Encima’s Mencia collection is a great way to introduce our Good Pair Days customers to the wonderful world of Mencia. This wine looks superb in the glass with a bright, purple hue. The wine is deep and dark with spiced plums, rich blackberries and mocha overtones. There is a nice lick of oak to wrap things up nicely too.

The Encima winery is located in the mountainous village of Molinaseca, in the region of Bierzo, in the northwest of Spain. Molinaseca is found on the French Way, which is the most popular walking path of El Camino de Santiago! So not only are the roads well trodden, and perhaps a little holy, but they are home to succulent, modern wines. The winery has been producing fantastic wines from local varieties for over 80 years. Some of the vineyards were planted even earlier than that, going back over 100 years! Benito Otero, the grandfather of the current generation in charge, tended these vines, as his grandchildren do now. Like back then, everything is still done by hand and organically. These days, husband and wife Manuel and Merche run the operation, in a similar way to how it was done in the 1940s. With one eye on the future, their children learn the secrets of the grapes and the business. And so the tradition continues...